Author: W.

Deregulation. Just getting started. One year down. Seven more years to go.

“The calendar year concluded with 61,950 pages in the Federal Register this morning. This is the lowest count since 1993’s 61,166 pages. That was Bill Clinton’s first year, and his own lowest-ever count. A year ago, Obama set the all-time Federal Register page record with 95,894 pages. Trump’s Federal Register is a 35 percent drop from Obama’s record, set last year.”

Trump Regulations: Federal Register Page Count Is Lowest In Quarter Century

Today, Friday, December 29, 2017, is the last federal workday of the year. This presents an opportunity to round up all rules and regulations produced by agencies appearing in the calendar-year 2017 Federal Register The calendar year concluded with 61,950 pages in the Federal Register this morning.�…

https://cei.org/blog/trump-regulations-federal-register-page-count-lowest-quarter-century

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A corner of my yard I rarely get to enjoy these days.

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Take us home, Pete.

Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund Makes Monster Bet on Bitcoin

Founders Fund, the venture-capital firm co-founded by Peter Thiel, has bought large sums of bitcoin that are now worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/peter-thiels-founders-fund-makes-big-bet-on-bitcoin-1514917433

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It happens.

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My navel oranges for the year.

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Bad move Google. You just inconvenienced already stressed out parents who desperately need the 30-60 minutes of peace and quite while their kids watch media on YouTube.

I’ve already stopped using Google and Chrome. No, I won’t be buying some crappy Google device for YouTube on TV. Instead, I’m once again using Kodi to watch YouTube on Fire TV.

YouTube is cutting access to Amazon Fire TV on Jan. 1

Google, which owns YouTube, and Amazon are going to war over streaming services and plenty more. YouTube is also disappearing again from Amazon’s Echo Show video device.

https://www.cnet.com/news/youtube-to-cut-access-to-amazon-fire-tv-on-january-1-echo-show/

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